Lawyer: Officer Who Shot Terence Crutcher Was Unaware She Had Backup

By Bob Owens

In the famous Omaha Beach landing scene from Saving Private Ryan, there is a moment where Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) crawls out of the water and takes what cover he can behind an anti-tank obstacle (called a hedgehog). He experiences a moment where time seems to slow down and the sounds of battle subside for him. He goes completely deaf, only for his senses to return to normal several minutes later.

Perceptual narrowing in moments of high stress is a heavily documented and relatively well-understood phenomena, from the apparent slowing down of time, to tunnel vision, to tunnelled hearing, better known as auditory exclusion. It affects military forces in combat, police officers in intense situations, and firefighters.

You’re likely to hear a lot more about auditory exclusion in the news, now that the attorney for Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby says that she was so hyperfocused on the actions of a non-compliant suspected PCP abuser that she didn’t know backup officers had arrived when she fired on PCP intoxication Terence Crutcher as he appeared to reach into his SUV after ignoring repeated orders by Shelby to get on the ground.

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Source:: Bearing Arms